State rep: Stand your ground bill sparking outrage

4:07 AM,
Nov. 14, 2013

Alicia Reece

Written by

Chrissie Thompson
The Cincinnati Enquirer

A proposed move to add a stand your ground provision to Ohio law is "moving in the wrong direction," a Cincinnati state representative told a General Assembly committee Wednesday.

In an unusual move, Rep. Alicia Reece, D-Bond Hill, was allowed to testify against the bill in a House committee Wednesday, speaking from her role as head of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus. Under the bill, sponsored by Rep. Terry Johnson, R-McDermott, Ohioans would be allowed to fire a gun in self-defense without first retreating from an attacker.